**Mental Health Support Workers - Gold Coast**
Magnus Health is a NDIS registered company that provides in-home support to participants with a range of mental and some physical disabilities. We are seeking compassionate female support workers who are wanting to work in mental health and disability support from Mudgeeraba to Ormeau.
**You will need to be available for some or all of the following hours**:
- **6am until 2pm or other day shifts as required**:
- **2pm until 10pm with a sleepover (10pm to 6am sleeping)**:
- **10pm until 6am awake overnight shifts**
**Essential for the role**:
- Valid work rights in Australia
- Current First Aid & CPR certification
- Current Blue Card/Yellow Card/ NDIS Worker Screening Check
- Queensland Driver's Licence
- Minimum of Certificate 3 in Disability / Mental Health/ Individual Support / Aged Care / Nursing / Health Services Assistant Or be a current Nursing student (should have completed Cert III equivalent placements) _**or willingness to obtain**_
- English as preferred language
- **Experience working within the Mental Health sector is desirable.**_
**About the role...**
Within this role you will be expected to perform direct care duties with compassion and professionalism. These duties may include:
- Transporting to appointments
- Providing companionship and support
- Assistance with daily hygiene (showering, dressing, toilet)
- Assistance in meal preparation and shopping
- Daily activities such as laundry or cleaning
- Facilitating community participation and inclusion
- Prompting positive routines and behaviours in a cooperative and respectful manner
- **Supervision** of medication
- Following Care Plans and assisting in working towards NDIS goals
- SIL Shifts
**About us...**
We are a supportive and close-knit team of individuals with a passion for mental health and a shared goal of providing the best in-home support services for all our participants.
Magnus Health offers flexibility, training and education opportunities, EAP services, support and a chance to make a difference in the lives of people living with a disability.
We have a serious job but we like to have fun while doing it :)
We are open to feedback and suggestions and love for our staff to take pride in our company. We want to have a long-standing team who grow with our company.
**Job Type**: Casual
**Salary**: From $33.74 per hour
**Benefits**:
- Employee mentoring program
- Professional development assistance
Schedule:
- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Afternoon shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Morning shift
- Night shift
- Shift work
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Gold Coast, QLD: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)
Application Question(s):
- Is English your preferred language?
Licence/Certification:
- First Aid & CPR Certification (required)
- Working with Children Check (required)
- NDIS Worker Screening Card (required)
- QLD Driver Licence (required)
Work Authorisation:
- Australia (required)
Work Location: In person